Cancer Incidence Rate; All causes (National Cancer Institute)

The number of people who get cancer is called the cancer incidence. The cancer incidence rate is measured as cases of all types of cancer per 100,000 population (age-adjusted to the 2000 US standard population) [http://www.seer.cancer.gov/stdpopulations/stdpop.19ages.html] (19 age groups: <1, 1-4, 5-9, ... , 80-84, 85+).

Source

National Cancer Institute/Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC). CDCs National Program of Cancer Registries Cancer Surveillance System (NPCR-CSS) State Cancer Registry also receives funding from CDCs National Program of Cancer Registries.http://statecancerprofiles.cancer.gov/incidencerates/